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Six Engagement Strategies

Six Engagement Strategies. Six Engagement Strategies. Track the speaker Post it! No opting out Predict your grade Answer in complete sentences. Going Deeper. Six Questioning Strategies. How did you get that answer?. Teacher:  How far is it from Durango to Pueblo?

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Six Engagement Strategies

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  1. Six Engagement Strategies

  2. Six Engagement Strategies • Track the speaker • Post it! • No opting out • Predict your grade • Answer in complete sentences

  3. Going Deeper Six Questioning Strategies

  4. How did you get that answer? • Teacher:  How far is it from Durango to Pueblo? • Student:  Six hundred miles. • T:  How'd you get that? • S:  By measuring three inches on the map and adding two hundred plus two hundred plus two hundred. • T:  How'd you know to use two hundred miles for each inch? • S:  I looked at the scale in the map key.

  5. Ask for another way to answer: • Teacher:  How far is it from Durango to Pueblo? • Student:  Six hundred miles. • T:  How'd you get that? • S:  By measuring three inches on the map and adding two hundred plus two hundred plus two hundred. • T:  Is there an easier way than adding three times? • S:  I could have multiplied 200 times 3. • T:  And when you do that, what'd you get? • S:  Six hundred. • T:  Which is the better way to do it? • S:  It's faster and easier to multiple.

  6. Ask for a better word: • Teacher:  In the story, why did the character gasp? • Student:  She gasped because the water was cold when she jumped in. • T:  Can you answer with a word different from cold, one that shows how cold it was? • S:  Sophie gasped because the water was freezing. • T:  How about using one of our vocabulary words? • S:  She gasped because the water was frigid.

  7. Ask for evidence: • T:  How would you describe Dr. Jones's personality?  What traits is he showing? • S:  He's spiteful. • T:  Great word.  What does spiteful mean? • S:  Spiteful means he's bitter and wants to make other people unhappy. • T:  Read two sentences from the text that show us Dr. Jones is spiteful.

  8. Ask students to add a related skill: • T:  Who can use the word stride in a sentence? • S:  "I stride down the street." • T:  Can you add detail to show what stride means? • S:  "I stride down the street to buy candy at the store." • T:  Can you add an adjective to describe the street? • S:  "I stride down the empty street to buy candy at the store." • T:  Okay, can someone add a compound subject to the sentence? • S:  My brother and I stride down the empty street to buy candy at the store." • T:  Can someone make the sentence past tense? • S:  My brother and I strode down the empty street to buy candy at the store."

  9. Ask students to apply the same skill to a new setting: • T:  What is the setting of our story? • S:  The setting is in Sangerville and is in the recent past. • T:  Sweet--you remembered both parts of setting.  Can you remember the setting of Fantastic Mr. Fox? • S:  It was on a farm in the recent past. • T:  How do you know it was the recent past? • S:  They had tractors instead of horses with plows. • T:  Good.  What about movies?  Do movies having a setting? • S:  Yes • T:  Ok, I'lltellyou a settingandyoutell me themovie.

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